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StanH's avatar
StanH
Tutor
Jul 09, 2021

R7000 - IP Address Reservation settings won't save.

I am using these instructions:

https://kb.netgear.com/25722/How-do-I-reserve-an-IP-address-on-my-NETGEAR-router

but I can't make the reserved IP perminent. The attached picture shows the page that I got to that I can't implement. It is at [Advanced] [Setuuup] [LAN Setup]. I am probably leaving out a step. I have reached

What steps should I perform at this point to save the reserved IP address that I have specified?

 

I am not sure the link to picture is working. When I click it,  it wants to save rather than open.

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  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Guru
    Jul 09, 2021

    > [...] I can't make the reserved IP [address] perminent. [...] I can't
    > implement. [...]

     

          https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/2109384

     

    >    "can't" is not a useful problem description.  It does not say what
    > you did.  It does not say what happened when you did it.  As usual,
    > showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (error
    > messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
    > descriptions or interpretations.

     

       Still true.  A vague description of what does _not_ happen is less
    useful than a clear description of what _does_ happen.

     

    > What steps should I perform at this point to save the reserved IP
    > address that I have specified?

     

          8. Click the Apply button.

     

       It's the green one that says "Apply".

     


    > I am not sure the link to picture is working. [...]

     

       It's fine.  What your web browser does with it is an argument between
    you and your web browser (about which I know nothing).

     

    > [...] When I click it, it wants to save rather than open.

     

       Worst case: Save it someplace, and then open the (newly saved) file.

    • StanH's avatar
      StanH
      Tutor
      Jul 09, 2021

      1 Initial conditions:
      All devices blocked except T1700 and TOWER, both of those are computers. TOWER is shut down. Internet is connected through the R7000. Routerlogin.net is not accessable unless Internet is connected.

       

      2 At [Advanced] [Setup] [LAN Setup], pushed the [Apply] button. The attachment shows the page just prior to pressing [Apply]. After apply, finished I rebooted the R7000.

       

      3 Reconnected the network to the Internet. Login to routerlogin.net. This produced:
      "Windows has dectected an IP address conflict"
      In Event Viewer: [Error] "The name "SERVICCO :1d" could not be registered on the interface with IP address 192.168.1.2. The computer with the IP address 192.168.1.1 did not allow the name to be claimed by this computer."

       

      4 In Genie network map, 192.168.1.2 is the T1700, the name of the Windows 10 computer that I am running. Apparently the R7000 router blocked the computer I used to give instructions to the router!!!

       

      5 Startup of TOWER (00:04:5A:80:4A:2F), IP is unchanged at 192.168.1.9